Five makeup mistakes that might be ruining your selfies

1. Skipping powder

We've lost count of the amount of times we've been tagged in a picture looking like a sweaty mess. Next time you go to take your 'out, out' selfie take 10 seconds just to powder your t-zone, nose and chin. Your friends won't judge you and you won't have to spend the next morning de-tagging every picture you're in. Try the Estée Edit Flash Photo Powder, £24 which has light-reflecting blue pigments which will leave you just the right kind of glowy.

2. Going ham on the highlight

Don't get us wrong, we love our highlighters but we have been known to slap on the powder highlighter leaving us with Tin Man cheeks. Too much highlight can be unflattering on the skin, emphasising uneven texure and large pores. For a more natural glow, mix an illuminator with your foundation and instead highlight your eyes with shimmer and your lips with gloss. We love the Estée Edit Flash Photo Gloss, £15. It contains blue micro pearls which make your teeth appear whiter, hurrah.

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3. Not matching your base

You know when you apply your makeup and your foundation is a little bit too dark but you think sod it, no one will notice. Yeah, you deffo need to make sure you blend your foundation down your neck and onto your chest depending on what you are wearing. In your dark bedroom no can notice your face is a completely different colour but trust us, under your friend's bright LuMee light you definitely will. Oh and don't forget your ears if your hair is tied back!

4. Cake face

Cake face is definitely something I have personally been guilty of. Your makeup looks great, then you head to your friends for a few pre-drinks where of course you apply more makeup, then you go out and get sweaty so apply more makeup and before you know it….CAKE FACE. For skin that's less Battenberg, apply your makeup in light layers and use lighter formulas, building up the coverage where needed. For a cake free base apply Estée Edit's Skin Glowing Balm Makeup, £26 all over and add concealer only where needed.

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5. Flashback

We've all been there, it's too dark to get a good selfie so you put the flash on and suddenly you look like the love child of Wednesday Adams and Caspar. You can thank the SPF in your foundation/moisturiser for this ghostly effect, but that doesn't mean you should skip the SPF completely. If you know you are being photographed, just go for a lower SPF rating as it's the zinc oxide and titanium dioxide in the SPF that cause this. Or just go for a black and white filter and call it arty!

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